William Langewiesche

Hudson River Landing Illuminating But Not a Miracle

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, Miracle on the Hudson, Ntsb, William Langewiesche, Deborah Hersman, USAirways Flight 1549, Dick Wood, New York News
Christine Negroni

In bringing the official investigation into the Hudson River landing of USAirways flight 1549 to a close on Tuesday, the NTSB did not conclude the ditching seen 'round the world was a miracle.

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Sullenberger Criticizes "Fly By Wire," Book About Hudson River Plane Crash

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Langewiesche, Fly by Wire, Hudson River Plane Crash, Hudson River Plane Crash Book, Chesley Sullenberger, Books News

NEW YORK — The pilot who guided his disabled plane to a safe emergency landing in the Hudson River says that a new book that underscores the rol...

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"Fly By Wire": New Book Suggests That Sully Wasn't So Amazing

The New York Times | DWIGHT GARNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fly by Wire, Sully, Miracle on the Hudson, William Langewiesche, Planes, New Books, Airplanes, Books, Hudson, Pilots, Chelsey Sullenberger, Books News

Mr. Sullenberger made a good choice to land on the Hudson. But his actual control of Flight 1549, Mr. Langewiesche writes, was "less reflective of unu...

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Sully vs. Langewiesche: Controversy Over Miracle Books

Huffington Post | Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fly by Wire, Inside the Sky, Hudson, William Langewiesche, Books, Miracle on the Hudson, Langewiesche, Sully, Airplanes, Pilots, Highest Duty, Chelsey Sullenberger, Books News

In the aftermath of the Miracle on the Hudson, Capt. Chesley Sullenberger told any reporter who would listen that credit for putting the US Airways Ai...

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Don't Tell William Langewiesche to "Have a Safe Flight" (and Other Ways to Avoid Self-Destruction in the War on Terror)

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, William Langewiesche, War on Terror, Afghanistan, The Atomic Bazaar, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Vanity Fair, George W. Bush, 9/11, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Politics News, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Iraq War, American Ground, Nuclear Proliferation, September 11th, Politics News
David Quigg

Langewiesche thinks we are probably too scared for a president to reason with us -- about terrorism, about our self-defeating wish for total safety. I'm not so sure.

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Barack: Talk To Us Like Grownups About Terrorism and Save Us From Ourselves

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, William Langewiesche, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Homeland Security, The Atomic Bazaar, Terrorism, Scott Louis Weber, George W. Bush, 9/11, David Kilcullen, Barack Obama, Obama Race Speech, Al Qaeda, George Packer, Nuclear Weapons, Audacity of Hope, Nuclear Proliferation, September 11th, Politics News
David Quigg

When we let shock or panic or a lust for vengeance guide us, we are a greater danger to ourselves than terrorists ever could be. Any terrorists. With any weapon.

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